For a lot of people, a garage is more than just a place for parking cars. Many homeowners also use their garage for home improvement and gardening projects, and some of us use the space to store items ...

Mark Tavolino, who has worked in construction for 27 years as a general contractor and owned and operated a successful home building and improvement contracting business for more than 17 years, opened ...

Good lighting makes everything better. When you can't see what you're doing, not only is it frustrating, but it's a big waste ...

Q. My husband and I have huge condensation problems in our garage and new home. The garage was unfinished by the builder, but we added wall and ceiling insulation and vapor barriers on the walls and ...

If you need more storage space in your garage you can construct ceiling flanges from 2x4s and plywood that will hold any heavy-duty plastic storage bin. The Family Handyman site claims this project ...

Q. My house was built in the 1970's. I'm trying to bring it up to code by installing ground fault circuit interrupters, etc. Can you give some advice on the requirements of a proper firewall and ...

Q We had a water pipe freeze and break in the ceiling of our garage. We lost the ceiling and a lot of our belongings. I didn't know there were pipes in the ceiling. Is this normal? Our furnace and ...

Q. We had a water pipe freeze and break in the ceiling of our garage. We lost the ceiling and a lot of our belongings. I didn’t know there were pipes in the ceiling. Is this normal? Our furnace and ...